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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
ABSTRACTED
BODIES
William Brice, Peter Chinni, Michael Cook, Beverly Fishman, Jean-Marie Haessle,
Gregory Frank Harris, Marcia Lyons, Paul Henry Ramirez, Louis Ribak and David
Solomon
February 1 - 26,
2011
Opening reception: Friday, February 4, 2011, 5:00-7:00
PM
David Richard
Contemporary
130 Lincoln Avenue, Suite D, Santa Fe, NM
87501
p 505-983-9555 | f 505-983-1284 |
www.DavidRichardContemporary.com
David Richard Contemporary is pleased to present Abstracted Bodies, an
exhibition of paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures that explore a
variety of formal approaches to figuration and abstract representations of the
human body, spanning the past six decades with works by William Brice, Peter
Chinni, Michael Cook, Beverly Fishman, Jean-Marie Haessle, Gregory Frank Harris,
Marcia Lyons, Paul Henry Ramirez, Louis Ribak and David
Solomon.
The earliest works include paintings and drawings by Louis Ribak from the 1950s.
Six drawings on paper by William Brice from the late 1970s and early 1980s, in
which he explored the use of lines and abstract shapes to represent the female
figure will be presented. Jean-Marie Haessle used the body and select parts in
the 1980s as a device to create abstract compositions. The paintings of Michael
Cook span two decades and range from conceptual abstractions of the human figure
to diffuse images of multiple different people who share the same local portion
of their email addresses. Peter [UTF-8?]Chinni’s bronze sculptures of
abstracted couples embracing one another evoke cubist themes, while Gregory
Frank [UTF-8?]Harris’ figures are reminiscent of Dubuffet and [UTF-8?]l’
art brut. David [UTF-8?]Solomon’s biomorphic abstractions of human
figures, heads, eyes and lips are painted on metal supports and the actual forms
are inspired by the shapes of seed pods and marine life. Marcia Lyons overlays
close-up photographs of her body on top of the floor plans of her various
apartments in Paris to create rectilinear representations of her body. Paul
Henry [UTF-8?]Ramirez’s work is colorful, playful and whimsical, exploring the
human body and its functions as represented by evocative abstract biomorphic and
geometric forms that are often sensual and suggestive. Beverly
[UTF-8?]Fishman’s acrylic and enamel paintings on polished stainless steel are
more than life-sized abstract portraits comprised of the [UTF-8?]viewer’s
reflections through a mass of fluorescently colored medical
imagery.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an on-line catalog with an essay by Aline
Brandauer.
David Richard Contemporary is located in downtown Santa Fe north of the historic
plaza. The gallery offers a range of important contemporary art with an emphasis
on abstraction in a variety of media by established and emerging American and
international contemporary artists, as well as historically significant works
from the 1960s through the 1980s.
For additional information please contact: David
Eichholtz,
D@DavidRichardContemporary.com |
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David Richard Contemporary, LLC [UTF-8?]• 130 Lincoln
Avenue, Suite D, Santa Fe, NM 87501 [UTF-8?]• p (505)
983-9555
Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. or by
appointment
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